Saturday, February 5, 2022

Block 19 (Tier 2). Cycle 1. Session C.

sRPE @6
BW - 220

Squat -
365X1 @6.75
315X4, 4 @~5.5

Dips - BW+25X8, 8 @7/8

Pull-Downs - X12 @6

DB Press - 45sX10 @7

Pretty good start to the block for Squats.  

Last time I ran this pivot, Squats started at 103% of the end of the previous block.  This one's a little less clear.  At the end of the last block, I hit 345X1 @~6 which has an e1RM of 400, and 300X8 @7 which has an e1RM of 425.  This new session had respective e1RMs of 410 and 407.5.  So the single rep strength e1RM was higher, but the lower rep strength e1RM was lower.  My general rule is the best e1RM of the day wins, so that means I dropped from 425 to 410, or 96.5%.

I figure if I've only run something twice, it's best to average the two together to decide if it's worth running again in the future.  The average of 103% and 96.5% is 99.75%.  Still very, very good, but not as good as the next best pivot which had a 101.1% increase.  So that pivot moves into Tier 2 for future consideration.  

Again, a very good start to this block for Squats, and for all 3 of my focus lifts.  Now, I get to look forward to seeing how much these increase cycle-over-cycle during this Tier 2 training block.  Still trying not to get unreasonably excited! 

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